The Professionals (TV Series 1977–1983) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error This series chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism ... See full summary » Creator: Barker, a deranged, embittered old lag and his young accomplice Stacey - whom he disguises as a female hostage - dig in on a warehouse roof, pointing their machine-gun at a hospital ward and ... 8.5 After a bomb goes off in the CI5 building and an operative is killed, Cowley gets a sinister phone call to say there will be more deaths, which there are, including an attempt to murder Bodie. ...

8.5 Bodie is delighted to re-encounter old flame Marikka Schuman, an East German film star, with whom he spends an idyllic time in his flat. However he is unaware that Marikka's husband and henchman ... 8.4 a list of 35 titles created 30 Oct 2012 a list of 38 titles created 03 Feb 2015 a list of 34 titles created 06 Oct 2015 a list of 41 titles created 24 Oct 2015 a list of 25 titles created 9 months ago Search for " The Professionals " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Professionals (1977–1983) 8.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. British police TV series which revolutionized the genre on UK television in the mid-1970s starring John Thaw as a hard-edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police.

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See full summary » Stars: Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis, Sylvia Kay Ria, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age where she feels as if life is passing her by. Being taken for granted by her butterfly collecting dentist husband doesn't help. So... See full summary » Stars: Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Montague Alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like. Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold Edit Storyline This series chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open minded liberal.

Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca> 30 December 1977 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia In the course of the series Bodie kills 28 people and Doyle kills 24. Cowley kills 6. See more » Quotes [scene-setting voiceover from Season 1 opening titles] George Cowley : Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service - these are The Professionals. A cut above the rest 22 December 2003 | by David (Kingswood, Australia) – See all my reviews I was only born a year after this series started production, so I only know it by re-runs, thanks largely to my mother who loves the series. There are a great many TV series with the premise that you've got good guys running around trying to catch bad guys, and there are guns, cars and explosives thrown in for good measure.

Some are good, some are not. The Professionals is a cut above the rest, not because of any trick or gimmick but simply because of superb writing, casting, directing and acting. Shaw (Doyle), Collins (Bodie) and Jackson (Cowley) excel in their roles and are really the glue of the whole series. The constant jibing between Doyle and Bodie is an absolute delight to watch, as is Bodie's unashamed love for fast-driving and shooting stuff. The action is very satisfying, with many shoot-outs, explosions and car chases. The plots are actually more varied and sophisticated than most people seem to remember, some of them require a very sharp mind to keep track of the wheeling and dealing. There's espionage, grand-theft, madmen with nerve-gas and more than a few personal vendettas. The characters, too, are deeper than most people seem to remember. My favourite episodes are: "Discovered in a Graveyard" - Doyle is shot and seriously wounded by an unknown assasin. While Bodie and Cowley hunt down the shooter, we are given an insight into the thoughts going through Doyle's comatose mind.

"Blind Run" - what starts as a simple escort run for Doyle and Bodie turns into an urban war as their charge turns out to be much more significant than they thought. This is one of the most action-packed episodes, featuring multiple shootouts and car-chases. "Mixed Doubles" - Bodie and Doyle are assigned to organise protection for a very high-level foreign diplomat who is almost certain to be an assasination target. As we see our two heroes making preparations, we also see the two hired assasins making theirs and we get an incredible insight into just how similar the two doubles are, and how sad it is that only one pair of them can survive the day. 20 of 21 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The Professionals DVD: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs | eBay DVDs & Blu-ray Discs But the series has never looked this good. No matter how many times you have seenThe Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against... Condition: Buy It Now Free Postage But the series has never looked this good.

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Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) are two elite officers in the secretive CI5 service, a unit staffed by expert po... 'The Professionals' TV Series - Episode 'The Rack' Episode 'The Rack' Story Synopsis After a suspect being held by CI5 is killed apparently by Doyle, a public enquiry is ordered and an influential lawyer calls for CI5 to be disbanded. Cowley has a tough fight on his hands to save the organisation. Writer Lisa Harrow, Christopher Ellison, Michael Billington, Ken Campbell Director 17th to 28th July 1978 Main shoot. 2nd August 1978 Scenes of attack on Parker in snooker club, pick-up shots of battle at Coogan's place and reshoot (for unspecified reasons) of scene in which the lads discuss the possibility that Paul Coogan's death may have been caused by somebody else. Original UK Transmission Season 2, Episode 2 14th October 1978 Dave's Comment Story Humour Violence For once it was CI5 who was afraid of the law! A splendid episode spoilt by a slightly unsatisfactory resolution.

But Lisa Harrow puts in a tremendous performance as the sharp, shrewd, firespitting lawyer! In fact performances from all the cast are excellent. And the plot stands up very well indeed... except for the ending, which I think was a bit of a cop-out. It's an outstanding piece of drama which, like many other episodes, lifts the series way beyond the standard "action show" format. Perhaps even Martin enjoyed this one! This episode was written as a reaction to complaints about the violence depicted in the series. Ironically its original title, 'An Inquiry into Violence' was thought to be too contentious by LWT!! The arguments presented on both sides are convincing � Brian Clemens was obviously well aware of the controversial nature of his own creation. The entire episode, particularly the court scenes, are extremely well-scripted and Cowley's final, desperate plea to the press is unforgettable. ("A man died and you want to close down the whole hospital!" is just one example.) But why did Coogan decide to beat Parker senseless? He's a thug, true, but certainly not stupid. Did he actually intend to kill Parker to prevent him testifying? Hmmm....

seems to provide a bit of an easy way out for CI5. Sharon's Comment This is the ultimate "beautiful Doyle" episode � the camera loves him, the clothes are right, the hair is right, the eyes are big and green and the camera angles are perfect. He becomes, for a moment, a gorgeous "Angel of Death", when Bodie announces that Paul Coogan is dead. Bodie's not half bad in this one either. <G> Also contains the best "buddy scene" I've ever run across in TV action/cop shows. It's a classic. When Bodie appears in Ray's living room and shakes him out of his depression into action, the dialogue and the acting is perfect Very, very good work from everyone- writers, actors, director and camera. Note that Benny has a small and undistinguished role in this episode. The "Perry Mason" ending works for me because the problem starts with Parker grassing and therefore the less-than-conclusive ending acts as a frame for the rest of the story. The plot is quite complex and doesn't really fit in the 50 minute format. Too bad they didn't decide to make it a two-three parter. The issues alone are worth more exploration.

Oh, yes. I like it that both Lads wore black shirts for the interrogations. Nice, if unaware, bit of symbolism there. We learn a great deal about Bodie and Doyle from their resumes which are paraded as evidence of their subhumanness- at least we can be grateful for that. The rest of the strident, outraged lawyer act leaves me gagging. In 'Klansman' I griped about medical reality � here I can't even count the number of legal mistakes made. Ah well. It's good to learn about The Lads no matter what the source. We also learn that Doyle eats "organic food". That he reads when upset (listen for the tiny sigh when the living room scene first opens), that Bodie (again) watches out for him, emotionally as well as physically. Bodie drives in this one. LC does a very nice job when he's in the hot seat with small facial changes to indicate what's going on inside Bodie's mind. Fine work there. The "inquiry" provides Cowley with a good forum.

Since the concept of CI5 is a bit beyond the pale, civil-rights wise, to most Yanks, Cowley's speech is an excellent reminder of what urban life was like during the time of the show and why such an organization might have been necessary. Annoying moments, great moments and all in all one of the better episodes. Dialogue Cowley: "A Court of Enquiry? Questions and answers in the open?! The strength of this organisation is its anonymity!" Minister: "Many people are saying it has too much strength. It's been agreed at a higher level than even I can buck. The Court of Enquiry convenes on Thursday. Who will you want as counsel to present your side of the affair?" Cowley: " 'Counsel'? My God, I founded this organisation, I will answer for it!" Cowley at CI5 HQ, referring to Geraldine Mather: "She wants to hold the enquiry here?" Minister: "In the room in which Paul Coogan died." Cowley: "Oh, for pity's sake!" Minister: "Her argument is that it will save time if the Court wishes to visit the 'scene of the crime'.

I've already agreed to her demand, George." Cowley: "Oh, you have, have you?!" Minister: "If we don't, she'll only make further capital out of it." George: "And if we do, she's already ten points ahead on sheer emotional appeal. Och, let her have the room - she doesn't frighten me!" Minister: "She should - a good, healthy respect, at least. She's out to break CI5, George - and you with it!" Bodie: "It was an accident." Doyle, sarcastic: "Yeah, he ran right onto my fist!" Bodie: "Cowley's got a job for us." Doyle: "Not me, mate, I'm suspended, remember?" Bodie: "Yeah, me too. Material witness now, you know: I saw you beat that innocent young man to death!" Doyle: "Don't make jokes, Bodie!" Bodie: "Yeah, well it's the only way I can get through to you, isn't it?! Come on, Ray - the old man needs us. He's fighting for his life out there - I've never seen him like this.

We owe him one!" Doyle, laughing incredulously: "Listen to him: 'we'! Whatever happened to the 'Look after number one' credo, then?!" Bodie: "Yeah, well don't do as I say, do as I do!" Doyle, sarcastic: "Yeah!" Mather: "Remove or destroy evidence. I must insist that this room remains exactly as it is." Cowley: "I was just trying to make it more habitable." Mather: "You don't regard it as habitable at this moment? Yet quite habitable to conduct your interrogations in." Cowley: "Very well. But you won't mind standing for a whole day, then? Or maybe you could sit on my knee!" Mather, indicating one of the few rickety chairs in the cell: "Oh, I anticipate the enquiry will take several days, Mr Cowley. Of course there must be chairs. But these chairs: I want the Board of Enquiry to know the kind of 'comfort' you offer your unfortunate prisoners.

I want them really to feel it." Bodie, after Doyle's grilling before the panel: "How did you get on?" Doyle: "Lousy � she made a monkey out of me." Bodie: "Well you did give her a head-start!" Mather: "William Andew Philip Bodie." Bodie: "Yeah, all the princes - I was such a regal-looking baby!" Mather, after running through Bodie's career: "Your chief talent is dealing with death, violence, mayhem. How many men have you killed, Mr Bodie?" Bodie: "I can't remember." Mather, to the panel and press: "Do you hear that?! This is a member of the CI5 and he can't remem..." Bodie, recalling his army days: "Look, when you throw a grenade into a bush, how do you know how many guys you kill? In the jungle..." Mather: "Ah, the jungle! Yes, Mr Bodie, I think that is where you belong!" Doyle, after Bodie's grilling before the panel: "How did you get on?" Bodie performs a monkey impression.

Cowley addresses the legal panel: "[Miss Mather has] used me as a whipping boy because I founded CI5. But I didn't: you did. Society did... If there were no fires, you wouldn't need firemen. In God's name - and I invoke it sincerely - I wish you would make my job and my organisation redundant! I wish you would make the streets clean again. I wish you would give every man, whatever his colour or creed, the right to be and to feel safe again. But that's not to be - at least, not yet... and so you need me: like it or not, you need CI5. That's why I'm asking you, pleading with you: don't destroy us, don't cut us down - not until you've got something better to put in our place. Miss Mather has seized upon the word 'jungle'... with mad beasts crawling through it - and we are the hunters. That was your argument too, did I set out to hunt Coogan down? Well the answer is 'yes' - and it will always be 'yes' as long as there are beasts like Coogan left to hunt.

You showed us photos of [Coogan's] carpets ripped up and cars dented - but what about these photos: faces grown old before they were ever young, destroyed and wracked by drug addiction, girls scarcely out of their teens selling their bodies, their 'experience'. Respectable businessmen beaten up because they bucked the price of extortion and bully-boys. These are the streets we have to walk - not the bright streets, the mean ones - devoid of hope and all humanity. We walk them and brush aside some of the dirt: not much - just some... so that there's less to offend when you come along. And now you are trying to take away whatever teeth we've got left. Why? WHY?! Because somebody got hurt? Because a man died? And I regret that, I didn't want that. A man died and you want to close down the whole hospital. Because, like it or not, that's what we are: the surgeons. A messy, sometimes bloody job... and, oh yes, the knives are sharp. And we have to operate fast and quickly and even clumsily on occasion to cut out the disease. The disease hurts but so does the surgeon's knife. Which would you prefer?

It's your choice." Miss Mather: "Mr Cowley, it would be untrue if I was to say to you I wasn't moved by your final plea: a passionate plea from the heart - and made even more poignant because I know that you really believe everthing you said. Misguided as it is, you believe in your own twisted argument and your own omnipotence. And that is the very real danger here. A young, innocent man has already lost his life!" Bodie on Doyle: "I suppose he'll get over it." Cowley: "No, never... but he'll learn to come to terms with it." Bloopers The episode has always borne an erroneous copyright date of 1979. Sidenotes When the lads go looking for Parker, they go to his last known address and the door is opened by the lovely Jenny Lee-Wright. We never learn her character's name and her screen-time is just a few seconds, yet she receives a credit, as 'Lorna'. Jenny was quite well-known at the time for her appearances on Benny Hill and I would guess that originally she had a bigger part in this episode which was later trimmed at the editing stage.

Many years after the episode was filmed, Michael Billington reminisced about his appearance: "About the time of doing [this episode of] The Professionals I had just come back from Paris where I had been doing some tests at the time of [James Bond film] Moonraker... I can remember that The Professionals was a good set, very fast and professional. I can recall getting on pretty well with Lewis Collins who had a good sense of humour! "I can recall that I plucked my eyebrows completely off to play the role of the ex-boxer Coogan because it made me look a bit insane! It was a bit of a nuisance afterwards because it took YEARS for them to grow back completely. I also had a difference of opinion with (director) Peter Medak over the way I played the courtroom scene. To show Coogan's deviousness I played his as though he was innocent and sincere! Peter wanted me to play him callous and hard! Maybe he was right! I think it came out somewhere in the middle!" (Thanks to Gareth Bevan for the quote).

Deja Vu Michael Billington (John Coogan) is best remembered for Gerry Anderson's UFO series, though also starred in the BBC's 1970s shipping drama The Onedin Line (pronounced "O-nee-din"). He auditioned to play James Bond in the early 1970s but ended up with a minor role in The Spy Who Loved Me, getting shot by Bond after trying to ambush him in the exciting ski-chase that formed the prologue to the movie. He guested in American shows such as Hart to Hart and Magnum but has not worked in TV or movies since the late 1980s. Passed away in June 2005. (Thanks to James Harris, Barrie Taylor and Andrew Houghton) Lisa Harrow (Geraldine Mather) starred in the infamous 1976 sci-fi series Star Maidens but went on to better quality stuff with Edward Woodward in the 1977 apocalyptic drama "1990" (would love to see this!). Most recently seen in the barrister drama Kavanagh QC with the late John Thaw.

Cyril Luckham (Judge Hall) was a familiar name in the 1960s and 70s, guesting in ITC series such as Randall and Hopkirk, Department S and Return of the Saint and played one of the leads in the short-running wartime soap The Cedar Tree. He also played the vicar in Michael Crawford's classic sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Meatier roles came in the form of mini-series such as To Serve Them All My Days and The Barchester Chronicles. He died in 1989. Ken Campbell ("Nosey" Parker) doesn't normally play this sort of role. He is essentially a comedy performer, usually playing quite zany characters. Perhaps best remembered as Alf Garnett's long-suffering neighbour in the 1980s revival of Till Death Us Do Part. He's also a theatre director and launched a stage version of The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1979. Passed away in 2008. Jenny Lee Wright (Lorna) is best known for her appearances in over a decade's worth of Benny Hill shows.

She also co-hosted (with William Franklyn of Schweppes ads fame) the 1978 gameshow Masterspy. Sadly for us boys, she's been working behind the cameras as a sound effects ("Foley") artist since the late 1970s. Athar Malik (cameoing as the hospital doctor) is better known as Art Malik and spent a lot of time in mini-series such as The Far Pavillions and A Passage to India during the 1980s while playing the rebel leader who teams up with Bond in The Living Daylights. Still works occasionally today but high-profile roles seem to elude him now. Also seen playing another doctor in 'Rogue' ! Technical Notes Prior to the excellent and properly-restored BluRay release from Network , this episode - perhaps more than any other - bore all the hallmarks of LWT's cheap'n'nasty approach to "remastering" in the 1990s. Although we saw strong colours and laudable sharpness in the digital print, it was beset by a "gauze"-like effect, particularly noticeable in the "courtroom" scenes.

The telecine machine had been set up to be far too sensitive to white lights, the white lettering on the titles and even moderately light coloured things such as Lisa Harrow's blouse: most significantly with "glow" around edges and extreme "bleed" to the right. Most of the old "analogue" prints used as sources for the 1992 digital transfer of episodes had separate audio tracks but here the slightly muffled soundtrack appeared to come from an audio track that was an integral part of the film negative (aka "optical" sound), which was a cheaper way of doing it at the expense of sound quality. Locations - DVDs starring Lewis Collins 1 2 3 Next > The Professionals: Mk I | DVD | (17/03/2014) from £13.99 | Saving you £16.00 (53.40%) | RRP £29.99 Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before.

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HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images. Exclusive book of programme notes authored by TV historian Andrew Pixley which documents the complete production history for the 13 episodes in series three. All episodes are presented in their original production order. PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia. English HOH subtitles Professionals Mk III DVD | DVD | (16/11/2015) from £12.60 | Saving you £17.39 (58.00%) | RRP £29.99 Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals .

Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. The Professionals Mk IV Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (25/04/2016) from £15.99 | Saving you £15.98 (50.00%) | RRP £31.97 Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public.

To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time.

FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION Brand-new, High Definition restorations of all 18 episodes in series four and five from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Exclusive book of programme notes authored by TV historian Andrew Pixley, which documents the complete production history for the 18 episodes in series four and five All episodes are presented in their original production order PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia English HOH subtitles The Professionals: MkII | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £16.99 | Saving you £23.00 (57.50%) | RRP £39.99 Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley head of CI5 couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy acts of terror crimes against the public.

To combat it I've got special men &ndash; experts from the army the police from every service. These are The Professionals. The Professionals: Mk IV | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £29.99 | Saving you £29.00 (49.20%) | RRP £58.99 Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good.

Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION: Brand-new restorations of all 18 episodes in series four and five from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores Photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Exclusive book of programme notes authored by TV historian Andrew Pixley, which documents the complete production history for the 18 episodes in series four and five Restoration featurette ATV Today: two newsclips featuring Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins The Professionals Serving the Professionals: outtakes from a 1982 NAAFI promo Then and Now The Location Files PDF PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia All episodes are presented in their original production order The Professionals - Vol.

3 | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A | Saving you £N/A (N/A%) | RRP £5.99 Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Close Quarters: Following an encounter with desperate terrorists a holidaying Bodie finds himself trapped in a country house where he and his girlfriend must try to raise help. Can Bodie summon Doyle or will he and Julia die hard? Look After Annie: When a left-leaning preacher's life is threatened Cowley sends in Bodie and Doyle to protect her. Yet to the CI5 agents it soon becomes clear that their boss' involvement is something rather more than purely professional... When The Heat Cools Off: In 1971 Doyle put a man away for murdering his partner; only now Bill Haydon's daughter claims to have new evidence that changes everything. How clear can Doyle's mind be when the ghosts of the past and the girl of the present are haunting him?

Stakeout: The presence of Bodie and Doyle in a bowling alley isn't the R n' R it might appear; the death of a CI5 agent has warned of a possible nuclear threat. Detailed to surveillance the lads are going spare waiting for the villain to strike... The Professionals - Vol. 2 | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £5.99 | Saving you £N/A (N/A%) | RRP £5.99 Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Heroes: Following the assassination of a US politician visiting Britain CI5 are dismayed when the press print the names of the witnesses! It's a race against time to protect the innocent before the assassin can track them down... Private Madness Public Danger: Nesbitt is threatening to poison London's water supply; this chemical expert with a grudge has the capability to carry out his terrible promise. Can Bodie and Doyle find him before people start dying?

The Female Factor: The KGB have found a way into British politics by exploiting a young girl's links to a politician tipped as a future Prime Minister. Fortunately CI5 are on the case with an old flame of Doyle's... Everest Was Also Conquered: Who's killing police officers and what connects the dead men? The clues lie in a case from 35 years previously when a witness was murdered by the very people supposed to protect her... The Professionals - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT THE PROFESSIONALS (1977 - 1983) "Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the Army, the Police - from every service. These are The Professionals." The Professionals is one of British television's most popular and successful action series of the 1970s and 80s. At their peak in 1980 The Pros were earning as many as 17.6 million viewers.

The A Squad The Professionals began life in early 1977, provisionally titled The A-Squad, in an idea conceived by Brian Clemens, the then head of the independent TV company Avengers Mark I Productions. His aim was to create a rival for Thames television's hugely successful long-running police series The Sweeney. Bodie, Doyle and Cowley could have looked very different to how we remember them as. A number of very different actors were considered for the three central roles, with neither of the final chosen team being the original choices. The final three were more or less drafted in when the first choice stars either declined or were axed. Gordon Jackson (formerly the distinctly unmenacing Butler Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs) and Martin Shaw (whose first TV appearance was as a hippie in 1960s Coronation Street) were first to be cast. During the filming of the first episode, Old Dog with New Tricks Bodie was in fact played by Anthony Andrews. Unfortunately, old mates Shaw and Andrews spent much of the time cracking up with laughter - hardly a recipe for ensuring the renowned edgy banter between the two leads.

Lewis Collins (best known by this time as Gavin Rumsey in comedy series The Cuckoo Waltz) was brought in to play Bodie, with Andrews being given the heave-ho. Collins and Shaw had previously worked together just months earlier in an episode of The New Avengers, and were cast alongside each other again thanks to the 'sparky, abrasive' on-screen partnership that they generated. In other words, they didn't particularly like each other! But with the central cast complete, filming began on 20 June 1977, with the first episode Private Madness Public Danger debuting on Friday 30 December 1977. Criminal Intelligence 5 The basis of The Professionals was CI5 - Criminal Intelligence 5 - an organisation lead by surly Scotsman George Cowley (played by Gordon Jackson), a former MI5 head who founded the team as an 'umbrella organisation' to help alleviate London's ever-increasing level of criminal activity. CI5 consisted of up to forty men and women agents, but the main action was centred around Cowley's two top operatives; William Andrew Philip Bodie (Agent 3.7) and Raymond Doyle (4.5).

Bodie (Lewis Collins) - he of the close-cropped hair, polo necks and smart suits - was a mercenary in Africa, who deserted the Merchant Navy to join the Paras and later the SAS, before being signed up to CI5 by Cowley. He was, on the surface, an uncompromising thug with a penchant for the 'hit first, ask questions later' theory - thinking nothing of causing 'damage' to a suspect if it meant getting the right results. Doyle (Martin Shaw) was a former Docklands Police Constable, and his more placid nature was reflected in his memorable bubble-perm hairstyle and casual clothing attire (i.e. old plaid jackets and skintight jeans). However, he possessed a tougher streak to match that of Bodie if ever riled by a particularly awkward suspect. Chalk and Cheese The show's major appeal lay in its well-balanced mix of strong acting and direction, coupled with Bodie and Doyle's sparky partnership and chalk-and-cheese personalities. Cowley's preoccupation with pure malt scotch and occasional bullet-wound limp were also a source of amusement for the Lads, but overall they each viewed one another with a great mutual respect.

The fifty-seven episode run produced a great variety of gripping plots, most notably the destruction of a German terrorist group in Close Quarters, the testing of a potentially deadly laser gun in Hunter Hunted, a supposed crime-free town masking a squad of corrupt policeman in In the Public Interest and the trial of CI5 in The Rack to name but a few. Like any show, however, there were a number of dodgy episodes to contend with, the chief honour going to The Gun and Blood Sports during the generally below-par fourth season. Banned! The Professionals wasn't without controversy, though - and no, we don't mean Martin Shaw's hair (which was, amazingly, his own idea!). Klansmen, the thirteenth (unlucky for some?) and final episode was banned and remains unaired in the UK even to this day because it dealt with the subject of racism. Only now with the DVD release will British fans be able to see the episode for themselves. Eventually Lewis and Martin quit the series in 1981 when their four-year contracts expired and although Gordon was said to have been happy to continue, it was decided not to cast a set of new characters because of Lewis and Martin's popularity.

However, both had become tired of the monotony of playing their characters - least of all Martin, who had begun to express his dislike of playing 'violent puppet' Doyle at approximately six weeks into the role! Filming was quickly wrapped up with Spy Probe in mid-1981, but due to several ITV strike disputes in the late 1970s, several episodes were held back and the fifth season did not begin transmission until November 1982. The final edition, No Stone was broadcast on Sunday 6 February 1983. Martin allegedly barred any further repeats being broadcast on British terrestrial TV until 1992 and now the only UK-based channel that regularly screens re-runs is satellite station Granada Plus, albeit with a ridiculous series of censorship rules in place (of course, to conceal unnecessary violence we assume, not to make way for more washing powder adverts). Then and Now The Professionals will forever be remembered for sparking such hard-hitting debate as: who was the best looking, Bodie or Doyle? (for the women), who had the smartest motor? (for the blokes) and who was going to be the first victim to be injured by Doyle's erupting perm?

(for those mourning the demise of decent hairstyles as the Seventies kicked in). Since the series ended more than twenty years ago, the cast have had mixed fortunes in their careers. Gordon Jackson continued to work successfully in a number of high-profile film and TV roles until he very sadly passed away in 1990, at the age of 66. Martin Shaw appeared in The Chief and Rhodes in the mid-1990s, and has recently made a comeback to prime-time television, with starring roles in A&E and Judge John Deed. In 2003 he became the new face of P.D James' long-running detective, Adam Dalgliesh. Lewis Collins unfortunately fell victim to the dreaded typecasting, appearing in a series of ill-advised foreign action movies in the 1980s (although we rather liked Who Dares Wins!) His most recent UK TV appearances were in Cluedo - a thankfully now defunct quiz show presented by the likes of Richard Madeley - in 1991 and a cameo appearance in the dodgy ITV1 'comedy' series The Grimleys in 1999.

He has spent the past few years concentrating on theatre work, including a role in the thriller Dangerous Corner, also in 1999. In 2002 Lewis guest-starred in an episode of police series The Bill. The New Professionals The series was revived in 1999, now under the very imaginative alias of The New Professionals. At first it was thought Lewis Collins would be making a comeback appearance, with Bodie being elevated to the position vacated by Cowley, but negotiations for this later fell through. Martin Shaw, on the other hand, was 'not invited' to reprise his role. Interest in the show was less than forthcoming; the first series being pushed into a rather unsociable time slot on the satellite channel Sky One. It now seems unlikely that another season will be made. Over the past decade there has been a renewed interest for The Professionals and all things retro.

The memorable 1996 Nissan Car advertisement ("This car's well-sprung" / "A bit like your hair!") and the release of all 57 episodes on DVD in 2002, will ensure that the show is likely to gain a whole new generation of fans following its Silver Jubilee year.moreless CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series 1998– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error CI5, the British squad formed by George Cowley to combat 'anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public', has developed into an international force with operatives hired from around ...

See full summary » Stars: a list of 100 titles created 13 Sep 2012 a list of 79 titles created 21 Oct 2013 a list of 101 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 379 titles created 11 months ago a list of 130 titles created 5 months ago Title: CI5: The New Professionals (1998– ) 5.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline CI5, the British squad formed by George Cowley to combat 'anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public', has developed into an international force with operatives hired from around the world by the 1990s. With connections to the FBI, CIA and other law-enforcement agencies, CI5 operates outside borders with a group of specialists under a similar brief.

Written by Jack Yan 19 September 1999 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Arranged by Chris Winter & Hywell Maggs Produced by David Bainbridge (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I cannot agree with Jack Yan, l have just seen the New Professionals 2006, and l thought that the stories were good, strong, and very much for the 90's/00. Edward Woodward was very good and was always in command (originally Lewis Collins was earmarked for this role pity it did not happen) Collin Wells and Kal Webber did a great job, a very difficult job as well as everyone compared them to Bodie & Doyle, l think had the series ran longer they would have got better, Miss Backus (Backup in the series) was excellent and had many great parts as did Adrian Irvine...

The Storys as l have said were very much for present day, Germ Warfare, Body Parts, Terrorists, and l think on the whole if you look at it in the light of day it stands up very well compared with the original, it's just a pity that they only made such a small number of episodes, but l give it an 8 out of 10 9 of 11 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Harry Malone | ZoomInfo.com Harry Malone + Get 10 Free Contacts a Month Please agree to the terms and conditions I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I understand that I will receive a subscription to ZoomInfo Grow at no charge in exchange for downloading and installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor utility which, among other features, involves sharing my business contacts as well as headers and signature blocks from emails that I receive. Web References (5 Total References) The New Professionals Characters Harry Malone is the Controller of CI5.

An ex CIA agent, he was commissioned to head the new CI5 after Jason Dane's petitions to have the organisation overhauled and re-opened were successful.While with the CIA he was involved in operations in both France and America, as well as behind the Iron Curtain. Malone is a stickler for the rules who likes to quote the rulebook (particularly the First Rule: Never get emotionally involved), though he does have a tendency to forget the rules he quotes to others when people he cares about are in trouble. At first glance seems quite harsh on those under his

Question: In which t.v. series was 'George Cowley' the head of 'C15'.
Answer: 'THE PROFESSIONALS'